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kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

Bootstrap Kubernetes the hard way. No scripts.

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How fast kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 16 – Nov 15, 2026

Stars +952 in 61 days

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Forks +152 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 0 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+8+80
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+13+50
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+11+20
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+12+20
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+17+40
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+7+20
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+8+30
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+15+00
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+134+140
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+151+200
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+79+70
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+21+20
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+21+60
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+11+20
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+4+20
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+3+10
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+12+00
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+8+00
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+9+20
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+6+20
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+10+30
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+5+00
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+8+20
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+19+40
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+6+00
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+8+10
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+6+20
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+15+10
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+11+20
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+4+10
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+14+00
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+5+10
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+6+10
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+17+20
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+9+10
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+9+00
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+6+20
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+4+20
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+4+00
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+5+40
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+10+10
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+6+30
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+31+40
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+22+10
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+11+00
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+11+60
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+16+20
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+12+40
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+12+50
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+8+20
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+4+10
Fri, Nov 6, 2026+9+10
Sat, Nov 7, 2026+5+10
Sun, Nov 8, 2026+3+10
Mon, Nov 9, 2026+12+30
Tue, Nov 10, 2026+15+20
Wed, Nov 11, 2026+13+00
Thu, Nov 12, 2026+15+00
Fri, Nov 13, 2026+8+20
Sat, Nov 14, 2026+7+00
Sun, Nov 15, 2026+1+00
Total+952+1520
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  1. Oct 71 post
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  3. Sep 241 post
    • Tutorials are good and fun, but understanding how things work at the last layer did help me solve problems better. The kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way is such a repo which talks about the…

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  4. 27 days earlier
  5. Aug 281 post
    • That paid DevOps course? It's 6 free links in a trenchcoat. The stack that actually gets you hired in 2026, for ₹0: 1. DevOps track. The only roadmap that isn't overwhelming. 2. Kubernetes docs.…

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  6. 9 days earlier
  7. Aug 191 post
    • Finished part 01: Prerequisites - Configured @vagrantup with @virtualbox - Leveraged D drive storage to save space - Defined the four required Debian 12 machines - Provisioned and verified the…

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    • 6. Build Your Own X Understand how Git, Docker, Redis and many developer tools work by building them yourself. 📌

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  11. Jul 131 post
    • 5/15 — Build Your Own X Want to really understand Docker or Git? Build one yourself. This repository teaches you by rebuilding popular tools from scratch. You'll never look at them the same way again.

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  13. Jul 61 post
    • 🚀 The Complete Kubestronaut Resource Hub — Start Here!

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      r/kubestronaut

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  15. May 221 post
    • Another k8s GitHub repo

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